Well, let's get down to business.

Place the glass on the table and raise your face.

Albert doesn't change his smile.

"Do you remember Count Glendrek, Miguel Lachman?

Albert snorts at the name.

"Of course. You took care of me back then."

"No, thank you. I just want you to tell me what happened after your men took me."

"I don't know what to do when I hear that."

I twisted my neck to get rid of it.

After a few seconds of thinking, the word "good" came back.

"He committed a sin. Not only did I illegally take money from my students, but I also lost my trust in the school if it was public."

"Is that why you turned it off?

"Haha, no, excuse me. People don't disappear, Rosie. That's what you know best."

Sharp eyes eject me. [M]

And Albert took something out of his pocket and put it on the table.

"Now, make sure you're learning hard every day. Now, Risha, try and answer me what this is."

It's like a one-centimetre square yellow chip.

When she squeezed her shoulders at Risha who was looking at me, she nodded back to Albert.

"It is a magic tool for tracking. It releases a little bit of magic and tells the receiver where it is."

"Hmm, I'm studying hard. Looks like I just passed the integration exam. So you know what this is? This is why the magic kit was stuck to the lining of the Lachman teaching robe as if it were hidden."

……

I can tell by the atmosphere.

Without saying anything, Risha must have responded in some way.

Not me, not Celia, but Risha.

"Because I asked for it, Risha doesn't know what it is. I had to release Miguel once in order to extract his confession, so I had him arranged for insurance in case he escaped."

"You don't think there's anything else?

"Yes, of course."

... again.

I'm sure you were asking, but someday we'll be on our side.

Keep a few cards hidden and hang up when you can direct the conversation in a convenient direction - it's close to me.

But I didn't take it easy enough to get in without a hand back.

"Vladimir Glendrek, do you know the most alarming moments in the game?

Knuckles, and throats, Albert.

I took it out of my pocket again with a face that I didn't want to say I was waiting for the word.

"It was then that I mistakenly read the other party's plan and was confident of victory. For example, when you found a magic tool for tracking?

A chip-shaped magic tool played with your fingers rolls over the table.

"What was hidden in the robe was meant to be found. He tried to convince us of his victory and to distract us from his hidden destiny behind his collar. Yuri told me you call this a misdirection.

"Yes, and you got caught brilliantly."

There was a shadow on her spare face.

For a moment, I shrugged Albert with a sneer. [M]

"You just said people don't disappear, I think that's exactly right."

"... what does that mean?

"Don't you see? You don't need magic tools to track people."

Albert's face was distorted when he said he was impressed.

"... Grandfather?

You must have noticed a change in the atmosphere.

Yuri called Albert in an uneasy voice.

"What's the matter, Viscount Glendrek? My beloved granddaughter is scared.

Ugh, Albert, who exhaled a long sigh, fell on the sofa and put his arms together.

I smile in my heart. [M]

I finally pulled him down on the same stage.

"... it seems Yuri wasn't the only one who was scared."

"What?"

I used my index finger to quickly cover my forehead.

"I'll tell you something good, Albert. Arming is an unconscious attempt to protect the heart and pigeon tails, which are weaknesses of the body. It's one of the defensive reactions when people are anxious or afraid. I mean, you're afraid of something now."

"Am I afraid? What the hell are you doing?"

"For example, the whereabouts of the people who have disappeared so far have been revealed."

His expression disappeared from Albert's face.

No more room, no more smiles, no more intimidation. Completely faceless.

You can feel your whole body upside down in creepy silence.

"Yuri, go home today. Take Merkluk."

"Eh, well, but-"

"Merkluk, that's an order. Put Yuri under house arrest for three days now. You don't have to go to class. If you want to resist, you can make it a little rough."

I don't yell, I don't curse.

However, I give instructions in a casual and administrative manner.

I understood at a glance how effective that effect was.

"... let's go, Yuri"

Lulu reached out to Yuri with a faint trembling voice.

They are the witnesses of the time of need.

May they announce what happened when we failed to achieve our purpose.

That's why it's not good to be gone now.

Albert might be expecting that, but at that rate, we'll see if Lucle can make it by now.

"No, I'm not going home."

The moment I tried to open my mouth, someone said it clearly.

Yuri, if I'm not mistaken.

"Mercure"

Albert's heartless voice.

It's nothing but a dark "do it."

Lukulu didn't move and just chewed his lips.

"If you can't do it, that's fine. I just want someone else to do it."

"I, uh, I..."

"I am not going to give the next to someone who disobeys an order at once. I don't need you anymore."

As Albert clapped his hands, several footsteps approached us from nowhere.

Ugh!

When you suppress Reesha, who jumped out reflectively, Yuri gets up from the sofa at almost the same time.

Yuri hugged Lukulu from the front as she stretched her trembling hand to the magic tool.

……

Then gently pulled out the bracelet shining on Lukulu's wrist and put it through his left hand.

Eventually, Yuri turned to Albert and opened her mouth with a mix of anger and sadness.

"... grandfather. Until today, I've turned away from the many bad things your grandfather has done. Because I believed that it would not cause any more hardship to me, who lost your father and your mother earlier."

"Yuri, you...."

"The truth is, I've always wanted to say it. It's okay, because I'm okay. But I was weak."

Yuri said with a squeezy voice.

"So, I'll say goodbye to the weak me today. Whatever the reason, we can't put our dear friend in danger."

"Yuri, what a troubled child. You enjoyed the tranquillity of the many sacrifices you've made so far, but you can't just offer your own friends? Don't you think insects are too good?

"... yes, insects are too good. That's why I'm going to bully you. Grandfather."

Lucle pulls his hand and Yuri walks to the back of the sofa where we sit.

The side of her face looked older than any she had ever seen.

"Once again, I'm going to name Euricia René Glendrek. And accuse Glendred of all your sins."